Week ending Saturday 11th August
Memorable International debut for Awa fane
Awa Fane made her International debut for Ireland at the Celtic International T&F in Grangemouth (Scotland) last Saturday afternoon against teams from Scotland and Wales. Awa ran the third leg of the 4x100m relay, which Wales narrowly won, just beating Ireland into second place by a mere four hundredths of a second, with Scotland in third. Despite the loss, Awa and the Irish team were still delighted to win the silver medals after such a close run race and earn valuable points to add to the team score that saw Ireland finish second overall to Scotland in the match between Scotland, Wales and Ireland.
Congratulations to Awa on this great performance in the Irish vest and now that she has competed for Ireland, her name will be added to the Roll of Honour in the Clubhouse, bringing the total so far up to 105 since the Club was founded in 1975. Congratulations to Awa from everyone at the Club.
Clonard 4 mile
The rain from earlier in the day last Wednesday had cleared to give a mild dry evening with a slight breeze and reasonably good conditions for the Clonard 4 mile road race. Among the over two hundred and forty finishers was a group of sixteen from Mullingar, led home by Gerard Gavin in fifth place (22:21) to win his master category, just ahead of Eddie Newman in sixth (22:35) also winning his master category. Next in was Kieran Nolan (23:11) second in his master category, then Joan Flynn (24:51) second woman overall, Enda Seery (25:22), Susan Glennon (29:07) first junior woman, Joanna Tyrrell (30:08) third in her master category, Criona Reid (30:20) and Sarah Glennon (30:36) second junior woman. Also competing was Linda Cunningham (32:10), Ger Langtry (33:16), Marna Groenewald (33:38), Anna Redmond (34:10), Geraldine Walsh (49:02), Des Walsh (49:02) and PJ Ballesty. Congratulations to them all for representing the Club so well.
Birr 5k
The final race of this summer’s Offaly 5k race series, the Birr 5k last Friday evening attracted nearly 300 entrants on what was a lovely evening for running. Among the prizewinners was our own Eileen Kenny finishing well up in 22:35 to finish first in her master category by a long way and Christy Creagh taking third prize in his master category.
Killarney 10k
While many Club members were competing in the Mullingar 10 mile a week ago, Kieran Nolan was in Killarney and while there, he took the opportunity to compete in the Killarney 10k. The race route took the nearly twelve hundred runners through Muckross House and Killarney National Park, making this one of the most scenic races in Ireland. Kieran was very pleased to finish well up in twelfth place overall in 37:25, which placed him third in his master category to make the long journey to Kerry very worthwhile.
For the latest results, news and details of all upcoming fixtures check the Club’s website at www.mullingarharriers.com.
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